Page 12 n THE ASIAN REPORTER Arts Culture & Entertainment September 5, 2016 League Soccer action. Portland’s squad features Jack Jewsbury, Darlington Nagbe, Liam Ridge- well, and others. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit . GEUMHYUNG JEONG A Language of Their Own Sep 10 & 18; Sep 10, 7:30pm, Gerding Theater at the Armory (128 NW 11th Ave, Portland); Sep 18, 2pm, Portland Actors Conservatory (1436 SW Montgomery St, Portland). Join community conversations about Chay Yew’s A Language of Their Own, a play that follows boyfriends Oscar and Ming as they navigate an AIDS diagnosis, a breakup, and the complications of forming new relationships. For info, call (503) 445-3700 or visit (Gerding Theater), or call (503) 274-1717 or visit (Portland Actors Conserva- tory). To buy tickets, visit or . ONGOING EVENTS Tannaz Farsi Through Sep 18; 7:30am-8pm (Mon-Thu), 7:30am-5pm (Fri), Portland State University, College of the Arts, Broadway Lobby Gallery (1620 SW Park Ave, Portland); noon-5pm (Wed-Sat), Morin Print Building (308 Washington St, The Dalles, Ore.). View a display of works by artist Tannaz Farsi, whose pieces use the language and history of sculpture, installation, and conceptual art practices. The exhibit is on view as part of Disjecta’s “Portland2016: A Biennial of Contemporary Art” series. For info, call (503) 286-9449 or visit . To learn more, visit . “Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival” September 16 & 17, 8:30pm New Expressive Works 810 S.E. Belmont Street, Portland Chi Wang & Jack Ryan Through Sep 18 (Wed-Sat), noon-5pm, Disjecta (8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland) & Art Center East (1006 Penn Ave, La Grande, Ore.). Experience a display of works by composer and performer Chi Wang with interdisciplinary artist Jack Ryan. The works use a series of recorded and synthesized sounds and combinations of spectrum content at different transpositions of beta and theta frequencies, to activate dream states fused with states of high-functioning awareness. The exhibits are on view as part of Disjecta’s “Portland2016: A Biennial of Contemporary Art” series. For info, call (503) 286-9449 or visit . To learn more, visit . Una Kim Through Sep 24, noon-5pm (Wed-Fri), 1-6pm (Sat), North Bank Artists (1005 Main St, Van- couver, Wash.). View “To Be Seen,” an exhibit of contemporary paintings and drawings by Korean-American artist Una Kim. For info, call (360) 693-1840 or visit . Attend 7ways, a performance by Geumhyung Jeong that combines dance, puppetry, and a technical mastery of theatrical conventions in seven “duets” with mundane objects. The event is held as part of the 2016 Time-Based Art Festival, which runs September 8 through 18. For more information, or to buy tickets, call (503) 224-PICA (7422) or visit . Photo courtesy of the Time-Based Art Festival. “Splashes of Color” Through Oct 9, 10am-5pm (Tue-Wed & Sat-Sun), 10am-8pm (Thu-Fri), Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland). View “Splashes of Color: Chinese Woodblock Prints from the You Wei Du Zhai Collection,” an exhibit of more than 30 rare and historically important examples of books and letter papers. For info, call (503) 226-2811 or visit . The Winter’s Tale Through Oct 16, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Allen Elizabethan Theatre (15 S Pioneer St, Ashland, Ore.). Watch William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale — a story about a king who loses all he holds dear because of jealousy — told from an Asian and Asian-American perspective and set in dynastic China and America’s Old West. For info, or to buy tickets, call (541) 482-2111 or visit . “Bending Nature” Through Oct 16, noon-7pm (Mon), 10am-7pm (Tue-Sun), Portland Japanese Garden (611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland). View “Bending Nature: Four Bamboo Artists in the Garden,” an exhibit featuring the work of four internationally known bamboo artists — Jiro Yonezawa, Shigeo Kawashima, Charissa Brock, and Anne Crumpacker — in three outdoor locations around the garden. For info, call (503) 223-1321 or visit . Vietgone Through Oct 29, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Thomas Theatre (15 S Pioneer St, Ashland, Ore.). Watch Qui Nguyen’s Vietgone, a comedy play about three young Vietnamese immigrants who make their way through the bewildering landscape of 1970s America. The performance uses audacious dialogue, pop culture, and an action-packed road trip to look at a seminal moment in American history from a Vietnamese perspective. For info, or to buy tickets, call (541) 482-2111 or visit . Origami workshop “Opening Japan: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints” layered interactive installation for the museum’s gallery space. For info, call (503) 223-6500 or visit . Through Nov 20, 10am-7pm (Mon-Fri), 10am-6pm (Sat), noon-5pm (Sun), A6 Studio & Gallery (550 SW Industrial Way, Suite 180, Bend, Ore.). View “Opening Japan: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints,” a free exhibit of more than two dozen Japanese woodblock prints created by Hasui, Hiroshige, Yoshitoshi, and others in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. An exhibit tour is offered on Saturdays at 4:00pm for a nominal fee. For info, call (541) 330-8759 or visit . Throne of Blood Samantha Wall Through Oct 1, 11am-5:30pm (Tue-Fri), 11am-5pm (Sat), Laura Russo Gallery (805 NW 21st Ave, Portland). View “See Me See You,” an exhibit by Korean-American artist Samantha Wall featuring a series of drawings and prints that explore the portrait as a means of communication about invisibility and hypervisibility experienced by women of color. Also exhibiting pieces is Brad Adkins. For info, call (503) 226-2754 or visit . Sep 11, 11am-7pm, Seattle Center (305 Harrison St, Seattle). Enjoy a day of Polynesian delights at the “Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival” presented by Seattle Center Festál. The event features food, live music and hula, a marketplace, workshops with a focus on the art of lei-making, keiki (kids’) activities, crafts, tourism resources, and more. For info, call (206) 684-7200, or visit or . UPCOMING EVENTS Historama Sep 6 (tickets available for purchase). Buy tickets to Historama — a cultural show fea- turing short plays, songs, and dances that depict significant periods of Philippine history — which takes place at 5:00pm on October 29 at Salem’s Historic Elsinore Theatre (170 High St SE, Salem, Ore.). The event includes patriotic and revolutionary hymns contemporaneous with key historical events performed by seasoned actors, dancers, singers, and cultural performers supported by more than 50 local dancers and stage volunteers from Oregon and southwest Washington. For info, call (503) 285-1994. To buy tickets, visit or . Sep 9, 8pm, Portland Art Museum, North- west Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland). Watch legendary director Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood, a savage adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth that plunges viewers into an eerie, fog-shrouded world of madness and obsession during a period of feudal conflict in medieval Japan. The film is screening as part of the “Bending the Bard: Cinematic Twists on Shakespeare” series, pre- sented by the Northwest Film Center. (Japan, 1957, Akira Kurosawa, 111 mins.) For info, call (503) 221-1156 or visit . Multicultural storytime Sep 9, 16, 23 & 30, 4-4:45pm, Rockwood Library (17917 SE Stark St, Portland). Enjoy a storytime featuring books, songs, and rhymes from various regions around the world. The free readings — which include movement activities and crafts — are for children younger than seven years old with an accompanying adult. For info, call (503) 988-5396 or visit . “Explore Downtown Tigard” street fair Sep 6 & 20, 5-7pm, Northwest Library (2300 NW Thurman St, Portland). Join the Teen Anime Club to meet, view, review, snack, and talk about all things anime. For info, call (503) 988-5560 or visit . Sep 10, 11am-5pm, Downtown Tigard (Tigard, Ore.). Attend the “Explore Downtown Tigard” street fair, an event featuring music; activities for kids; demonstrations of martial arts and dance; arts, crafts, and jewelry; booths staffed by community organizations and nonprofit groups; food trucks; and more. For info, call (503) 639-1683 or visit . Shanghai Acrobats Chinese folk dance Sep 7, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Watch the Shanghai Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, who perform astonishing acts of athleticism, energy, and charm. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit . Sep 10, 2pm, Tigard Public Library, George and Yvonne Burgess Community Room (13500 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard, Ore.). Watch a perfor- mance of Chinese folk dance by the Chinese Friendship Association Fitness Team in honor of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. The event is held as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS). For info, call (503) 718-2517 or visit . Teen Anime Club Portland Thorns FC Sep 7 & 11, 7pm (Wed), 6:30pm (Sun), Providence Park (SW 18th Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch Portland Thorns FC take on the Houston Dash (September 7) and the Western New York Flash (September 11) as part of the National Women’s Soccer League’s 2016 season. The Thorns FC squad features Mana Shim, Nadia Nadim, Jennifer Skogerboe, and others. The Houston Dash roster includes Lydia Williams, Poliana, Morgan Brian, and others; the Western New York Flash squad features Abby Erceg, Alanna Kennedy, Lianne Sanderson, and others. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit . Artist-in-residence Joy Cha Sep 7-9, 13-15, 22-24 & 27, 10am-1pm, Portland Children’s Museum (4015 SW Canyon Rd, Portland). Meet the new artist-in-residence at the Portland Children’s Museum, Joy Cha, who is collecting stories and illustrations from young visitors to the museum to create a richly Portland Timbers Sep 10 & 17; Sep 10, 7:30pm; Sep 17, 3pm; Providence Park (SW 18th Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch the Portland Timbers take on Real Salt Lake (September 10) and the Philadelphia Union (September 17) in Major Sep 11, 1:30-4:30pm, Belmont Library (1038 SE César Chávez Blvd, Portland). Learn a new origami project from local origami instructors at Portland Oregon Paper Shapers (POPS). Adults, teens, and children younger than 13 years old accompanied by an adult are welcome. For info, call (503) 988-5382 or visit . Oregon Symphony Sep 13, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Enjoy a rhythm and blues performance by Boyz II Men accompanied by the Oregon Symphony under the direction of conductor Norman Huynh. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit . Peter Ho Davies Sep 15-16; Sep 15, 7pm, Elliott Bay Book Company (1521 Tenth Ave, Seattle); Sep 16, 7:30pm, Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burn- side St, Portland). Join Peter Ho Davies as he presents The Fortunes, a book that recasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenera- tional novel through the fractures of the immi- grant family experience. For info, call (206) 624-6600 or visit (Seattle), or call (503) 228-4651 or visit (Portland). Esther Ku Sep 15-18, 5pm (Sat), 7:30pm (Thu-Sun), 10pm (Fri-Sat), Harvey’s Comedy Club (436 NW Sixth Ave, Portland). Enjoy a night of edgy stand-up comedy by comedian, actress, and musician Esther Ku. The event is for persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503) 241-0338 or visit . Mic Check! Sep 16, 7:30pm, Jade/APANO Multicultural Space (8114 SE Division St, Portland). Enjoy Mic Check!, the annual flagship program of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon’s (APANO) Arts & Media Project. The event features Dis/orient/ed Comedy with Jenny Yang, Atsuko Okatsuka, and Mona Concepción. For info, call (971) 340-4861 or visit . Four Found a Mountain Sep 24-25; 2pm (Sat-Sun), 5pm (Sat), Jade/ APANO Multicultural Space (8114 SE Division St, Portland). Attend the free world premiere of Four Found a Mountain, a play that explores the meaning of community and hopes to inspire conversations and actions that support community preservation and revitalization. The production — a collaboration between Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Program and Oregon Children’s Theatre — is suitable for all ages. For info, call (503) 467-0550 or visit . Submit your Asian-related calendar listings to: The Asian Reporter, Attn: Events Calendar 922 N Killingsworth Street, Suite 2D, Portland, OR 97217 News Department e-mail: news@asianreporter.com w Fax: (503) 283-4445 Submission Format: List event title, date, time, location with address, 2 to 3 brief sentences describing the event, and a contact phone number (required) that can be published. High-resolution photos, if available, may also be included. Submission Deadline: Monday prior to the next issue date. ***